The Wiki OTO 2026 campaign ran from 25 August to 26 September, as a collaboration between Wiki Loves Women and Africa Wiki Women, focusing this year on Women in Politics. The campaign brought contributors together to document and improve items about African women in political life on Wikidata. It included a dedicated training session followed […]
As we continue celebrating 10 years of Wiki Loves Women, we are looking not only at what has been achieved, but also at how the initiative continues to evolve and create new opportunities for people to learn, create, and share their knowledge. After a decade of making women more visible through initiatives such as SheSaid, […]
From 16 to 18 October 2025, the 4th United Nations Open Science and Open Scholarship Conference convened in Tokyo, Japan, at the United Nations University and online, bringing together policymakers, researchers, librarians, publishers, and civil society to accelerate the transformation of science and scholarship in line with the UN Pact for the Future. I had […]
Imagine an article on Nelson Mandela, without an image of what he looks like. Imagine a great article on Michelle Obama, without a glimpse of what she looks like in person. These are even famous people. Now imagine what it’s like for the historically marginalized, economically or politically disadvantaged, whose leaders have been made intentionally […]